Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets NLCS Game 5 Player Stats and Box Scores for October 18

The Los Angeles Dodgers were just one win away from making it to the World Series, but the New York Mets gave them a tough fight after a strong comeback on Friday. Pete Alonso was the first to open the scoreboard with a three-run blast at the bottom of the first inning.

Jack Flaherty had one of his worst outings for his team as Starling Marte recorded a two-run double at the bottom of the third. The Boys in Blue managed to drive in one run. However, Francisco Lindor's two-run double at the bottom of the third gave the Mets a 7-1 lead.

David Peterson surrendered a solo home run at the top of the fourth inning to Andy Pages. The Mets kept fighting back as Jesse Winker surrendered an RBI triple. In no time, the Mets had 10 runs on the board.

Andy Pages was quick to cut the score in half with a three-run blast. Los Angeles trailed with a 10-5 score at the top of the fifth inning. Betts had a solo home run but once again the Mets drove in Jesse Winker to increase the score to 11-6.

The Mets continued their magic as the Boys in Blue was a disaster with their pitching. The Mets squeezed in another run to give them a 12-6 lead. The Dodgers failed to score more than six runs and were forced to move to Game 6.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets Player Stats

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dodgers	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	6	9	0
Mets	3	0	5	2	0	1	0	1	X	12	14	0

Los Angeles Dodgers' Player Stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
S. Ohtani DH	4	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	.263	.417	.500	.917	2.0
M. Betts RF	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	.300	.404	.675	1.079	9.0
T. Hernandez LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.167	.333	.333	.667	0.0
F. Freeman 1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.219	.242	.219	.461	-1.0
T. Edman SS	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	.333	.325	.385	.710	1.0
E. Hernandez 2B	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.310	.375	.517	.892	4.0
M. Muncy 3B	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	.258	.452	.581	1.033	1.0
W. Smith C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.268	.229	.497	0.0
a- G. Lux PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.259	.333	.593	0.0
A. Barnes C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
A. Pages CF	4	2	3	4	2	0	1	0	.286	.333	.714	1.048	14.5
Total	36	6	9	5	3	5	11	17	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Flaherty (L, 1-2)	3.0	8	8	8	4	1	7.04	1.43	-16.0
B. Honeywell	4.2	6	4	4	1	0	4.70	1.30	-0.0
A. Banda	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.92	1.0
Total	8.0	14	12	12	5	1	-	-	-

New York Mets' Player Stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
F. Lindor SS	4	2	2	1	0	1	3	.277	.386	.511	.897	8.0
B. Nimmo LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.244	.358	.311	.670	4.0
J. Iglesias 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	0.0
M. Vientos 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.358	.608	.966	0.0
H. Bader CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	0.0
P. Alonso 1B	3	4	2	3	1	1	0	.250	.415	.575	.990	14.0
J. Winker DH	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	.316	.519	.684	1.203	10.0
L. Acuna PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
S. Marte RF	5	1	4	3	0	0	1	.310	.380	.405	.785	11.0
T. Taylor CF-LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	.121	.256	.182	.438	2.0
J. McNeil 2B	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	2.0
F. Alvarez C	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.225	.262	.250	.512	6.0
Total	34	12	14	12	1	5	19	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Peterson	3.2	6	2	2	4	3	1	2.92	1.78	0.5
R. Garrett	1.0	1	3	3	1	2	1	6.14	0.95	-2.0
R. Stanek (W, 1-0)	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	1	2.25	0.75	14.0
E. Diaz	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.05	1.50	6.0
Total	9.0	9	6	6	5	11	3	-	-	-

Pete Alonso, Andy Pages, and Mookie Betts hit home runs tonight

Alonso set the pace for the game with his three-run blast. Pages homered twice for his team while Mookie Betts cranked a solo home run at the top of the sixth inning to give his team the sixth run.

Edwin Diaz stepped in to close the game for the Mets successfully. Diaz has been the exceptional close in these situations. The Mets will take the road as they play Game 6 in Dodger Stadium on Sunday. Both teams are yet to reveal their starting pitchers.

Game 5 was a huge comeback for the Mets and they look forward to a crucial game.

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